What rights, if any,does a 17 year old have when fired?

ValHaller

spacey2012 wrote: »

The worst ones are those on 25p an hour more for the task of been the "supervisor" it goes straight to their heads, the reason why they are the supervisor is they are the only one who has been that long.

Everyone else left long ago and got a better job....:rotfl:

.... Or missed the bus.

Cycrow

AP007 wrote: »

5 mins late in a lot of jobs can result in a warning you know

And some places you can get a warning for starting 5 minutes early too.

one job i had, they expected you to start 10 minutes before your shift, otherwise you would be classed as late

macman

Forget the 5 minutes late-any employer that fires you by email is probably not one that you would really want to work for long term. Grossly unprofessional.
Sadly, she can have her employment terminated at any time in the first 2 years without reason being given. Her age is not relevant. However it would be expected that if she was on an 8 week trial, then the basic T&C's would have been set out to her in some form.
Once again, completely unprofessional.

erznmine

She has just told me she had not got round to signing the contract....

19lottie82

erznmine wrote: »

She has just told me she had not got round to signing the contract....

It wouldn't have made any difference if she had I'm afraid. As others have pointed out if you have been with an employer for under 2 years you have no rights unless you have been discriminated against.

Proc

erznmine wrote: »

She has just told me she had not got round to signing the contract....

This shouldn't affect what she is paid.

spacey2012

A contract was formed the second she started work, just not the one they wanted her to sign, as said she is entitled to full minimum wage for every hour she worked and make sure they pay it.

chuckley

just take it as a hard lesson. on a trial you got to be at your best and she slacked.

id just move on and pick up the pace in the next one.

pink_princess

spacey2012 wrote: »

She is entitled to minimum wage at her rate of £3.72 including the "trail" day, they are no free days, she worked she is entitled to be paid for it.
If they do not pay her every penny, she can ask a representative to issue a county court claim or wait until she is 18 and do it herself.

The trial day is called an extended interview

19lottie82

I got sacked from my weekend job in a newsagent when I was 13 for eating a penny sweet when I was transferring the big tubs into the display trays.

I thought this was pretty harsh, and still do, especially as I had been there for a year and had never been late or done anything wrong, but at the end of the day it was still theft, so I can't really argue.